Exploring public participation in commercial AI labs
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This paper discusses the use of public participation in the development, deployment and governance of commercial artificial intelligence systems.
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Integrating Artificial Intelligence into citizens’ assemblies
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This article explores the use of artificial intelligence in citizens’ assemblies, proposing a framework for the evaluation of benefits and limitations of their application.
Read MoreEffective public engagement ethics of artificial intelligence
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This resource from Involve explores ways to practically engage the public in discussions about the governance of artificial intelligence.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting via National Law: What Works and What Doesn’t
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A report of key findings on national laws that incorporate a participatory approach to budgeting.
Read MoreEvaluation of the Global Assembly
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This report evaluates the Global Assembly, a citizens' assembly that brought together 100 citizens from around the world to deliberate the climate and ecological crisis.
Read MorePublic support for deliberative citizens' assemblies selected through sortition
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An evaluation of deliberative citizens’ assemblies across 15 Western European countries, examining whether these processes can re-engage politically dissatisfied citizens.
Read MoreCitizen assemblies should involve citizens as experts on their own values
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An article discussing the value of creating space for value-based deliberation in citizens’ assemblies.
Read MoreDe Gruyter handbook of citizens’ assemblies
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This resource showcases the state of the art of citizens’ asemblies and opens new perspectives informed by multidisciplinary research and new thinking about deliberative processes.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting: History and functioning in Polish local governments
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This document provides an overview of participatory budgeting in Poland, discussing its implementation, benefits, challenges, and historical and legal context.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting as a mechanism of direct democracy in Poland
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This document analyzes participatory budgeting as a direct democracy tool in Polish local governments.
Read MoreThe beginnings of legislative theater in Poland
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An introduction to legislative theater in Poland, highlighting its role in fostering social dialogue and community engagement through performance.
Read MoreAssemblies as a tool for just democracy
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This report outlines how social movements and citizens’ assemblies can be combined as ‘Movement Assemblies’ to help community power-building organizations and coalitions build capacity, power and political clarity.
Read MoreThirty years of democratic innovations in Latin America
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A compendium of case studies and trends in public participation in Latin America. These cases showcase how participation can successfully be embedded into institutional structures, facilitating the scaling and strengthening of public participation in Latin America.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting International experience and implementation practice research in Georgia
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A report detailing the history and functioning of participatory budgeting and its implementation in Georgia.
Read MoreCitizens' assembly in Valjevo: Air pollution
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A report on Serbia's citizens' assembly in Valjevo, which focused on air pollution, detailing process stages, results, and insights on the potential of such assemblies.
Read MorePB and conditioning factors: The case of Vilnius and Alytus
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A research report analyzing specific cases of participatory budgeting in Lithuanian cities and identifying the main challenges.
Read MoreMixed methods research methodology
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A chapter on mixed methods research and its application in the investigation of deliberative democracy.
Read MoreHow to run a deliberative mini-public in a hybrid regime
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A handbook for the design and implementation of deliberative mini-publics in European hybrid regimes, including Serbia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Read MoreBuilding citizenship creatively: The legislative theater of Augusto Boal
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A short paper analyzing and explaining the history, structure, functioning and phases of legislative theater.
Read MoreParticipatory democracy at the local level
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A case study analyzing efforts in Tunisia to decentralize political processes and strengthen direct participation based on legal reforms.
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